Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF2265: A BILL FOR An Act relating to water quality standards, including by providing for the regulation of animal feeding operations, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable
Status: In committee, February 12, 2026
An Act relating to water quality standards, including by providing for the regulation of animal feeding operations, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to water quality standards, including by providing for the regulation of animal feeding operations, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.
From the introduced text, February 10, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to water quality standards, including by providing for the regulation of animal feeding operations, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 6127XS (3) da/js S.F. 2265 Section 1. Section 455B.173, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 2. Establish, modify, or repeal water quality standards, pretreatment standards, and effluent standards in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. a. The effluent standards may provide for maintaining the existing quality of the water of the state that is a navigable water of the United States under the federal Water Pollution Control Act where the quality thereof exceeds the requirements of the water quality standards. b. If the federal environmental protection agency has promulgated an effluent standard or pretreatment standard pursuant to section 301, 306, or 307 of the federal Water Pollution Control Act, a pretreatment or effluent standard adopted pursuant to this section shall not be more stringent than the federal effluent or pretreatment standard for such source. This section may does not preclude the establishment of a more restrictive effluent limitation in the permit for a particular point source than the federal effluent or pretreatment standard for such source if the more restrictive effluent limitation is necessary to meet …
Sponsors
- Art Staed (D, 40) · primary sponsor
- Herman Quirmbach (D, 25)
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee: Zumbach, Costello, and Staed. S.J. 278 .
- : Introduced, referred to Natural Resources and Environment. S.J. 240 .
Subjects: livestock, national pollutant discharge elimination system, manure disposal, environmental protection commission, natural resources department, environmental protection, water quality, animal feeding operations
Common questions
- What is SF2265?
- SF2265 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to water quality standards, including by providing for the regulation of animal feeding operations, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.
- What does SF2265 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to water quality standards, including by providing for the regulation of animal feeding operations, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.
- What is the status of SF2265?
- In committee as of February 12, 2026. Latest action: Subcommittee: Zumbach, Costello, and Staed. S.J. 278 . (February 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored SF2265?
- Art Staed (D, 40), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SF2265?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+2265&ga=91
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